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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1939
Page
5
Philadelphia authorities describe an insurance murder scheme aimed at killing husbands for insurance payouts and widows as witnesses. Confessions reveal poison sold as a magic potion, with wives told to ingest some and give the rest to husbands. About 13 in custody and roughly 35 deaths linked to the ring.
District Attorney Charles F Kelley states Morris Baber, deemed a ring leader by police, has shed new light on multiple murders previously unknown, not only in Pat desphia but across other states. A detective is being sent to California as part of the probe. Government weather bureau operates a balloon rising twenty miles to study weather shifts, while local ads push Exclusive Vernon Pottery from Skaggs & Co.
Governor Lev Det Saltonstall arranged conciliation board talks after a waterfront clash between striking seamen and police. Police patrolled the dock area as 36 men were booked for loitering and nine more faced tougher charges. Gas masks were readied by pickets and 130 masks reported in Boston.
Five Point Pleasant residents C O Weissenberger F W Intraham Barbee Rothgeb L L Caldwell and Councilman Robert Harper seek dismissal of sewer assessment suits filed by John B. McGee the court appointed sewer receiver. They argue the receiver lacked authority and demand venue changes to Mason county courts. The mayor chairs the sanitary board which handles delinquent assessments.
Rumania presented a formal note offering settlement of its wartime debt totaling about 64 million dollars to the American government. Rumanian Minister Radu Trimvescu discussed the matter with Secretary Hull for about a half hour at the State and Treasury departments.
Treasure Island's Gayway, under police pressure over scanty costumes, has closed its Greenwich Village concession. Owner Harry Siebert said reopening is uncertain. Three smaller fair concessions in the fun district also shut down as attendance declined and costs rose.
May 3 Wheeling reporter says jailer James Henry halted an escape attempt by Eugene Booth 21 Bloomfield New Jersey who dug bricks from a wall and hid tools with a newspaper Booth along with Dolores Castle 28 Tulsa Oklahoma William Montgomery 40 Pittsburgh and Dave Rogles 30 Detroit were seized by Wheeling police The group faced removal hearings to Joplin Missouri for a gang with 100 crimes including post office and bank robberies in Missouri and Texas No hearing date set yet.
Mr and Mrs June Phillips of Kingwood formerly of Grafton were injured when their car was crowded off Route 7 three miles west of Kingwood. Mrs Phillips drove into a tree. Mr Phillips was unconscious for about 13 hours and taken to a hospital. The condition of Mrs Phillips was described as satisfactory today.
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